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  "id": 15018603,
  "title": "Adaptive molecular convergence more common than previously thought, distant jellyfish relatives reveal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/adaptive-molecular-convergence-more-common-than-previously-thought",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T18:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-molecular-convergence-common-previously-thought.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new study has found that adaptive molecular convergence—the process by which distantly related or unrelated species evolve the same genomic changes—is not as rare as previously thought.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}